British Airways B772 near Munich on Apr 12th 2018, engine trouble, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: April 12, 2018 / 21:30:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-118

Aircraft Registration
G-YMMA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-YMMA performing flight BA-118 from Bangalore (India) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL360 about 50nm east of Budapest (Hungary) when the crew descended the aircraft to FL240 due to a problem with the right hand engine (Trent 895). The aircraft continued through Slovakia into Czechia, when the crew needed to shut the engine down due to the loss of engine oil pressure south of Prague (Czech Republic). The crew requested emergency services on stand by for the arrival and decided to divert to Munich (Germany), where the aircraft landed safely on runway 08R about 75 minutes after leaving FL360.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration G-BNWZ positioned to Munich and reached London with a delay of about 9 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-118

Aircraft Registration
G-YMMA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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